所属专辑:Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap
歌手: Lupe Fiasco
时长: 06:28
Artist: Lupe Fiasco[00:00:00]
Title: Cold War(feat Jane $$$)[00:00:03]
At my brother's Janazah[00:00:26]
Tears stained sunglassses[00:00:28]
A Salat with no bows[00:00:31]
Pallbearer carry you to the car now[00:00:33]
Chilly day Mosque on 96 and 3rd[00:00:36]
New York City way me and Jay never left my side[00:00:40]
Rest like that picture with your pride[00:00:45]
Who look just like [00:00:47]
Now the city looks less bright[00:00:50]
Brooklyn looking less special[00:00:53]
Don't carry the same weight[00:00:55]
As when you were on this level[00:00:56]
You: work in progress from 40 projects God bless[00:00:58]
An inspiration and a king[00:01:06]
They won't know what I mean but this one 'bout to spring[00:01:08]
Protect it with every feather on the wings[00:01:12]
So even when it hurts you'll never feel a thing[00:01:14]
Said it's a cold cold war[00:01:16]
Ain't nobody wins like the government[00:01:19]
In the U S S R[00:01:23]
Cause this is all for shares[00:01:26]
Nobody cares[00:01:27]
Who you think you are[00:01:29]
And you can fight it but there's no defense[00:01:32]
For what things are[00:01:36]
Baby grab a jacket[00:01:40]
It's a cold cold [00:01:42]
Let me clarify the chorus[00:01:43]
And what my cold war is[00:01:44]
Cause the complexity is enormous[00:01:47]
Using one of my greatest losses with eyes like faucets[00:01:50]
To reinforce every single word that I talk with[00:01:54]
Something about losing things human beings[00:01:58]
That reduces things to their most elementary[00:02:00]
Find yourself where you never meant to be[00:02:04]
With the energy of memories[00:02:08]
That's the soul force of what's behind killing me[00:02:10]
Finding pleasure in the pains[00:02:14]
Like finding desert in the rain[00:02:16]
Twisted: how this world can drive you masochistic[00:02:18]
Question if I'm over it[00:02:22]
Or if I'm numb because I'm closureless[00:02:24]
Or my closure's that we all gotta go and shit[00:02:26]
Rendered emotionless but moving at the speed of running over it[00:02:29]
Still happy that I opened it[00:02:33]
Said it's a cold cold war[00:02:34]
Ain't nobody wins like the government[00:02:36]
In the U S S R[00:02:39]
Cause this is all for shares[00:02:43]
Nobody cares[00:02:44]
Who you think you are[00:02:46]
And you can fight it but there's no defense[00:02:49]
For what things are[00:02:52]
Baby grab a jacket[00:02:57]
It's a cold cold [00:02:58]
In the studio writing these words [00:03:00]
One after another[00:03:02]
In memorial of my brother[00:03:02]
As you listen to the album with[00:03:04]
Nothing on the cover[00:03:06]
I imagine that he hovers[00:03:07]
In the back of his chair[00:03:09]
Floating right there in the air[00:03:11]
Nodding his head to the music I slightly lose it[00:03:12]
Ask why do I put myself through this[00:03:16]
Crack a smile look up at the file[00:03:19]
The waveforms on the screen of me tryna tell you what I mean[00:03:22]
But I feel that it's all lost [00:03:26]
Or maybe that it's all gotta cross[00:03:28]
Happy with his dedicated song[00:03:31]
But now he's all gone[00:03:33]
But he was never there cause[00:03:35]
He was everywhere nowhere and down here[00:03:37]
Maybe on that judgement day rise up[00:03:40]
We'll both open our eyes up climb up[00:03:43]
Hoping God forgives us for our tendencies[00:03:46]
Wipes away our cool young histories[00:03:49]
Said it's a cold cold war[00:03:50]
Ain't nobody wins like the government[00:03:53]
In the U S S R[00:03:56]
Cause this is all for shares[00:03:59]
Nobody cares[00:04:01]
Who you think you are[00:04:03]
And you can fight it [00:04:06]
But there's no defense[00:04:07]
For what things are[00:04:09]
Baby grab a jacket[00:04:14]
It's a cold cold [00:04:15]
Ride around you know what I'm saying[00:04:19]
All over the world right I mean everywhere[00:04:22]
I mean we just disappear and just come back[00:04:27]
I feel like we can just put him anywhere[00:04:30]
He'd find his way back home y'know'm saying[00:04:33]
Another random thing's that consequence to me[00:04:38]
But maybe to you not much[00:04:41]
But with that said the reason behind me[00:04:46]
Why I do what I does love[00:04:53]
Just riding around bumping that uh[00:05:02]
Either Jay or Nas or me[00:05:05]
I used to tell him like "yeah you alright"[00:05:11]
But you ain't f**king with my man[00:05:16]
It was always like that so[00:05:21]
Drop a little for you let it bump[00:05:28]
This that Esco music it's that Esco music[00:05:33]
Bumping with my Esco music that raw[00:05:46]
See you on the other side As-Salamu Alaykum[00:05:56]
-End-[00:06:12]